Edgar T. Wherry Award - Pteridological

This award is in honor of Dr. Wherry's many contributions to the floristics and patterns of evolutions of ferns. This award is given for the best paper presented during the contributed papers session of the Pteridological Section. The Wherry award distributes $250 each year.

2004 - Harald Schneider, University of Goettingen For for his paper “Radiations in Drynarioid ferns: evolution of humus collectors as a putative morphological key innovation”. The paper was co-authored with Thomas Janssen.

2003 - Michael Barker, Miami University, Ohio For his paper "Microlepidopteran soral mimics in the Caribbean". The paper was co-authored by Shane Shaw, James Hickey, and John Rawlins.

2002 - David S. Barrington, Univ. of Vermont For his paper "New insights into the phylogeny of Asian Polystichum(Dryopteridaceae) from expanded rbcL data, co-authored with Yoko Yatabe and Wu Sugong.

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